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Post by antsengland on Aug 7, 2011 11:36:02 GMT
Yesterday I received a small colony of Messor barbarus with 1 healthy queen, 3 workers and a few larvae + eggs I am keeping them near my warm Acromyrmex Tank where they seem to like it. the queen has laid a couple of eggs I have noticed since I placed them near the acromyrmex tank. Today I fed them a small fruit fly which they are devouring at this moment, they don't seem interested in seeds at this current stage.  |
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Post by antsengland on Aug 9, 2011 13:01:20 GMT
put a small piece of meal worm inside the tube, not really intersted in it  |
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Post by antsengland on Aug 10, 2011 12:03:27 GMT
Placed the test tube inside a small tank filled with a sand compost mixture, the whole colony (queen 3 workers + 2 eggs) have left the tube and are just walking about the tank looking for a new nesting site.
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Post by antsengland on Aug 10, 2011 15:01:12 GMT
the queen has dug a chamber out with one worker, the other TWO workers can't seem to find the nest though and they have the brood with them ill just have to wait I'm sure that they will find the queen and the one worker |
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Post by antsengland on Aug 12, 2011 18:17:44 GMT
this journal will be quiet for a while as they have gone underground and there is no sign of them for a few days, this journal will continue soon |
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Post by antsengland on Aug 14, 2011 19:06:45 GMT
after a few days, today I saw my queen come out of her chamber and walk around the entrance in a circle, and then she left and went back down... wonder why ?  |
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Post by Black Ant on Aug 14, 2011 19:26:48 GMT
Some times queens come out to forage, or just to look around their nest and see if it is all fine. If she has few workers she might be thinking of expanding her territory, but probably she is just being nosey  |
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Post by antsengland on Aug 25, 2011 16:29:40 GMT
I took a look underneath the tank today and there were lots of newly laid eggs ;D
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Post by antsengland on Aug 30, 2011 15:29:19 GMT
even more eggs now and also larvae, the queen is doing well  ;D |
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Post by antsengland on Sept 2, 2011 9:07:42 GMT
now there are more larvae |
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